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Irresistible Inking Techniques Course


I tend to overthink things way too much.  It causes me to have a creative block and then take FOREVER to post a project.  I finally had more me time and less overthinking so here we are.

For the next course from Altenew academy, I made a card using simple direct to paper inking technique where I took each color of ink and ran it across the paper. I then added some water with a small mister bottle, dabbed the access water off and used my heat tool to dry it.  I used all of the colors in the Rainbow Prism set of mini ink pads to create a background and cut out the die cover image String Panel for the card panel and adhered it to a black base.  The pieces from the die cover were used to stamp and cut out the cactus images from the Be Strong stamp and die set. I popped them up with foam tape and cut out the sentiment using the Featured Sentiments die set.  I cut three different sizes to raise them a tad more for focus on the sentiment.  Inside I added an additional sentiment along with another cactus image.

I loved making this one because it reminded me of Cinco De Mayo with all of the colors and the little spiked guys.










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Erum Tasneem said…
This turned out FAB! It will make a great card for guys too!
Thank you for submitting your work to the AECP assignment gallery.
January 30, 2023 at 3:20 AM
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